http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone Not a super hero Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:34:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest---and most pathetic---attempt by the Bush Administration to deflect attention from its systematic deconstruction of the Constitution is the [attack](http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/01/dod-official-slams-us-law-firms-for.php) by Department of Defense official Charles "Cully" Stimson on law firms representing the Guantanamo detainees. An article in [Jurist](http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/) on Friday reported that: >>>Stimson predicted that "when corporate CEOs see ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2007/01/13/boomerang-effect/ Thanks to Anna Quindlen for her column in [Newsweek](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15562940/site/newsweek/) about the current state of airport security. I travel frequently and the experience is like a fraternity hazing. One word of complaint and you can wind up holding your arms up, feet apart, until you miss your flight. What we have is ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2007/01/02/ziplock-security/ I've coined a new word for the New Year: abshopious. I'm going to try to give up (ab) mindless shopping in 2007. Ab-shop-ious. Derived from one of my favorite words: >>ab·ste·mi·ous [ab-stee-mee-uhs] adjective >>1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet. >>2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life. >>3. sparing: an abstemious ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/12/31/abshopious-new-year/ When did the BMI become the metric for measuring one's worth? The BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a ratio of weight to height. It's a convenient (but not precise) way to tell if you need to lose or gain weight. You can calculate yours at the press of a [button.](http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/) The ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/12/28/bmi-oh-my/ A recent report in the [New York Times](http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30F1EF73A550C778EDDAB0994DE404482) that college-educated women are losing ground in the race for pay equality will come as no surprise to any woman who’s spent time in the working world. As a full professor, I can report that even people who know the law are ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/12/25/pie-in-the-sky/ A friend wrote me recently concerning the torture issue. She said that she believes that some Americans think that "24" is an accurate depiction of our national security operations and that may be why they aren't upset about the United States systematically torturing prisoners, and transporting them to other countries ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/12/20/2024/ Buff is back. The truth is that during most of 2006, I was imprisoned in Guantanamo for attempting to bring hummus through a TSA screening checkpoint. My possession of a Middle-Eastern food product made me an obvious terrorism suspect. I'm free, I assume as the result of the mid-term elections. The ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/12/01/humorous-intel/ What could qualify as a more perfect example of irony _and_ poetic justice? News flash: Vice-President Cheney just accidentally shot a friend while bird hunting! Although my first reaction was to laugh out loud, it isn't funny. I'm sure it isn't funny for his friend, although I'm guessing the medical response ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/02/12/collateral-dumb-age/ [Salon](http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2006/02/03/iraq/index.html) reported today that the Administration has asked for an additional $120 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan---that's in addition to the $226 billion already allocated. Maybe I wouldn't feel so bad if the Administration's plans for Iraq hadn't included handing [$82 million in cash](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/02/AR2006020201594.html) to a convicted felon who doled it ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/02/03/who-knew-economics/ It's no longer possible to identify satire in America. After listening to the President's speech, I honestly felt that John Stewart should have delivered the response. * Anyone ready to celebrate the results of free elections in the Palestinian territory, for example? * Or believe that a president with crude oil ... http://professionalpresence.com/buffcrone/2006/02/01/state-of-the-onion/